Photo Exclusive: Alumni Volunteers Make Valuable Connections at ALC

The Alumni Leadership Conference (ALC) is always a fun weekend, full of wonderful alumni who help keep MIT the vibrant, compelling place that it is. MIT relies on volunteers to plan their class reunions; raise much-needed funds for scholarships, fellowships, and the Institute as a whole; organize club and group events around the world; interview and recruit prospective students; serve as a voice within the MIT Corporation; and much, much more.

On Sept. 16-17, some 400 attendees descended on campus for a weekend of networking, idea-sharing, and learning what’s in store for the Institute. Here are just a few photos.

Find two other galleries, download select session presentations, and view videos on the ALC site.

From left: Sarah Simon ’72, 2011 recipient of the Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award; Natalie Givans ’84, class president, cochair of the Alumni Association’s Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Working Group, and member of the Alumni Association Selection Committee; and Bruce Anderson ’69, MArch ’73, cochair of the Alumni Association’s Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Working Group.

Throughout the weekend, alumni have numerous opportunities to talk to current students. Here, Martin Schrage ’63, who is chair of his reunion gift committee, has a lively conversation with Philine Huizing ’14.

Many of the sessions were interactive. Here, attendees brainstorm as part of the workshop on email marketing.